PRELIMINARY
December 1991
DP8496/DP8497
SCSI-2 Disk Data Controller
General Description
The DP8496/7 is a highly integrated, high-performance
Features
Y
High disk data rates:
Ð DP8496/7-33 33 Mbit/sec
Ð DP8496/7-50 50 Mbit/sec
CMOS SCSI disk data controller. It is designed for use in-
side intelligent hard disk drives that utilize the Small Com-
puter System Interface (SCSI) standard. It can also be used
in ESDI, SMD and ST506 bridging controller applications.
The DP8496/7 includes most of the data path functions
needed to implement a complete hard disk controller. It in-
cludes a full featured SCSI Bus Controller, Buffer Memory
Interface with pipelined pointers, fast Disk Data Controller,
and a Processor Interface.
Y
Synchronous SCSI-2 transfer rates up to 10 MByte/sec
with offset up to 16 (Fast option)
Y
Y
Asynchronous SCSI transfer rates up to 5 MByte/sec
Support for Fast Page Mode and Static Column De-
code type DRAMs
Y
Y
Y
Attains sustained buffer bandwidths above 9 MByte/sec
with byte-wide memory configuration
With the addition of National Semiconductor read-channel
chips such as a PLL Synchronizer, and Encoder/Decoder, a
pulse detector, and a head amplifier, complete data-path
electronics of a SCSI drive can be implemented. A micro-
controller, such as National’s HPCTM, may be used to man-
age the SCSI commands and the drive specific control sig-
nals. The high level of intelligence implemented on the
DP8496/7 means lower overhead for the disk-drive’s em-
bedded microcontroller, making possible a high-perform-
ance design employing only one micro-controller.
Word-wide buffer memory port allows sustained band-
widths of 17 MByte/sec
Buffer memory up to
SRAM
4 MBytes DRAM or 1 MByte
Y
Y
Y
On-chip DMA with buffered pointer addresses
Multi-phase type SCSI commands
Parity error checking on SCSI, buffer memory, and all
internal data paths
Y
Y
Y
Programmable format and sectoring modes including
soft, pseudo-hard, and hard
The DP8496 provides on-chip single-ended transceivers for
driving the SCSI bus. The DP8497 provides all control sig-
nals necessary for direct interfacing with differential trans-
ceivers recommended for Fast SCSI option of SCSI-2.
32, 48 or 56-bit computer generated ECC with on-chip
correction
On-chip single-ended transceivers on DP8496. DP8497
interfaces directly with differential transceivers for Fast
SCSI
Y
Available in 100-pin PQFP package
System Diagram
TL/F/11212–1
TRI-STATEÉ is a registered trademark of National Semiconductor Corporation.
HPCTM is a trademark of National Semiconductor Corporation.
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1995 National Semiconductor Corporation
TL/F/11212
RRD-B30M105/Printed in U. S. A.